Women's Imaging

Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Diagnostic Imaging Centers offer a wide variety of women's imaging services, including:

• Bone densitometry, or DEXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry), is a simple, non-invasive X-ray procedure that is used to measure bone mineral density. The results of bone densitometry estimate your risk of developing bone loss, osteoporosis or a fracture.
  
  
• Breast MRI takes a more advanced look for cancers that may be too subtle to identify on mammography or ultrasound.  It uses molecular signals to detect very sensitive lesions. Learn more about Breast MRI.
  
  
• Breast Ultrasound may be used to evaluate palpable findings or as an adjunct to mammography.  The ability to visualize a finding via ultrasound greatly helps performing a biopsy, when necessary.
  
  
• Digital mammography provides images of the breast tissue without the use of X-ray films—which makes mammograms faster, more accurate and easier to share with consulting physicians.
  
  
• Stereotactic breast biopsy is a minimally invasive technique where a sample of suspicious breast tissue is precisely located with a computer-guided imaging system and removed with a needle. A stereotactic breast biopsy is used to confirm whether a breast abnormality is cancerous or not.

Other women’s imaging services include:

• Computer-aided “Second Look” diagnostic technology
• Obstetrical and Gynecological Ultrasound Studies

For more information, please contact your physician or our main Radiology (Diagnostic Imaging) office at 847.535.6300.